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Homemade Granola Bars

Yazan: CanCan | 11 July 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Eating, Frugal, Green, Mom stuff, Recipes

(I originally posted this on My Greening, 10-20-08)
Save packaging waste by making your own granola bars!
I made some extremely tasty “Harvest Granola Bars” (I just made up that name, what do you think?)
They contain pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, and sunflower seeds!
Recipe:
3/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup oil
1 tsp. [...]

Making Our Small House Livable

Yazan: CanCan | 05 July 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Guest posts, Project Simplify

We are a few weeks into the move and the house is starting to take some shape now. An air conditioner was iinstalled in our living room making it the first completed room in the house. Let’s see, that only leaves me with 7 more rooms!
I have been spending quite a bit of time at [...]

Eleven Collection Sale Alert!

Yazan: CanCan | 03 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Children's fashion, Favorite Things, Frugal

I love our shoes from Eleven Collection (we are on our third pair! If only Jojo’s feet would stop growing!), and right now they are having a GREAT patriotic sale!
The Eleven Collection Fireworks Sale has some of their red, white, and/or blue shoes up to 50% off!
Jojo’s Eli sandals are now $30, they used to [...]

The Downsizing Journey Begins

Yazan: CanCan | 25 June 2009 | 9 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Guest posts, Project Simplify, Uncategorized

This is a guest post by my hubs, Nick (AKA Dad Most Traveled). We are spending the summer on separate continents, myself in USA and Nick in Asia. He is going to give us a weekly update about his projects in Asia.
Our family has been living in Laos since 2003. Since we moved from our [...]

A Treat To Eat

Yazan: CanCan | 23 June 2009 | 347 Comments
Categories: Eating, Frugal, Giveaways, Mom stuff, Reviews

I don’t need to remind you that the economy is bad (groan, eyeroll, etc. etc.). I’m started getting kind of bored sitting around in sackcloth and eating gruel, so my hubs and I instituted a little inexpensive tradition that we indulge in several times a week.
We put the kids to bed at their deliciously early [...]

Feelin’ Groovy

Yazan: CanCan | 11 June 2009 | 215 Comments
Categories: Children's fashion, Frugal, Giveaways, Reviews

Okay, I will admit it. Deep down inside, I want to be the “cool mom” to my kid’s friends.
I think I have found a pretty cool summer activity that will have the neighborhood kids flocking to my back yard: the Jacquard Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit!
This is kit is only $11.95 and has everything [...]

The Great Purge 2009

Yazan: CanCan | 30 May 2009 | 8 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Frugal, Green, Project Simplify

In a few weeks we will be “downsizing”; moving into a smaller house. Our current home is a 3 bedroom, and we are going to squeeze into a 2 bedroom.
We don’t have to be out of our current home until early July, but we have been moving in phases.
Today we completed The Great Purge; we [...]

Complete Laundry System Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 24 May 2009 | 278 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Giveaways, Green, Health, Mom stuff, Reviews

Remember when Mom Most Traveled reviewed the Mystic Wonders Complete Laundry System?
The generous folks at Mystic Wonders, Inc. want to give away another Complete Laundry System to one Mom Most Traveled reader!
Remember how amazing, fabulous, easy, frugal, and earth-friendly this great system is? You totally need one!
1. Simply place the Wonder Ball in your [...]

Eco-Friendly Birthday Party

Yazan: CanCan | 10 March 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Green

My birthday is in the spring, so I always have personally felt that this time of year is "birthday season". I did have babies in October and August, but that didn’t dampen my enthusiasm for Spring Birthday Season.

Modern birthday parties, as we know, generate A LOT of waste. [...]

Kool-Aid Dyed Playsilks

Yazan: CanCan | 07 March 2009 | 5 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Green, Links, Pictures, Toys

This is something I posted a few months ago on an old blog. I didn’t want it to get lost and forgotten, so I’m putting it here for you to enjoy!
I love Waldorf-style toys, and I was very excited to find this tutorial on www.Make-Baby-Stuff.com about an inexpensive way to dye your own playsilks!
I ordered [...]

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